Prison

Mumia's Conviction Upheld

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Patrick Ryan, one of the organizers of Friends of Mumia of Portland, gave Ruth an update of today’s (04/06/09) U.S. Supreme Court ruling to let Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction stand. Also discussed were plans for Portland action, Saturday April 11th, at 10:00 am at Pioneer Squ... Read more

Phoenix Rising

Airs at: Sun, 03/29/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Kelly Fitzpatrick from Phoenix Rising Transitions visited with host Ruth Kovacs. Read more

Andy Worthington Interview: The Definitive Guantanamo Prisoner List

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews London based Journalist, Author and Human Rights activist Andy Worthington. He has released the most comprehensive list of all of the men who have been locked in Guantanamo. How they were picked up, what they were accused of, if they ha... Read more

Sister of a Prisoner

Airs at: Sun, 03/22/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

During a visit with the sister of a prisoner who has been in lockdown almost four years, we get an update about how things are going. Debbie shares the ongoing task of keeping in touch with her brother. A reminder! The deadline for entering Tattoo Art to Shot Caller Press is... Read more

Prisoners Count

Airs at: Sun, 03/15/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Another segment from Democracy Now! March 3, 2009, Amy’s guests brought attention to a Census taking device that should concern us all. Districts in many states count the prisoners of the local penitentiary in their census and thus become eligible for the same budget and po... Read more

Corruption in PA

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Judges in Pennsylvania—caught in corruption. Amy Goodman presented a segment giving us the details. As we listen, many questions come to mind; which Ruth highlights in the last few minutes. If you’d like us to do a Prison Pipeline program that deals with one of those questi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 23, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 02/22/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this program about human costs and human needs in these tough economic times. How can essential public services be funded in Oregon? How can immigrant workers be protected from draconian laws enforced by states like Arizona? And how can home foreclosures... Read more

Political Prisoners

Airs at: Sun, 02/15/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

The Mumia Strugglebration event on Friday 13 featured Pam Africa and Ramona Africa. This brought the subject of Political Prisoners to our attention. We gave an overview of the more than 100 political prisoners in the U.S. We also announced the good news that Mumia’s book “... Read more

interview with pam africa

Airs at: Wed, 02/11/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: guess who's coming to radio??!!

this is an interview we did with pam africa from MOVE, which began in philadelphia and focused on the interconnectedness between a 'natural lifestyle' and humanity. pam africa spoke on the 'strugglebration for mumia' event happening the next day (13 february) at portland s... Read more

Punk'd?

Hmm. So after a resounding electoral victory, an inauguration the likes of which we've never seen, and an odd new empathic burst of shared purpose, President Obama did what now? He followed Bush's lead on civil liberties. Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on 'Ex... Read more